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Assam state symbols

Animal

 State Animal- One-Horned Rhinoceros


 Ruverine grasslands of terai and Brahmaputra basins

State Bird

 Deo Haah(Asarcornis Scutulata)


 Considered endangered by inernational union of conservation of nature
 Key protected areas: Dibru saikhoa National Park, Dihing Patkai wild life sanctuary, Nameri
National Park
 Adopted state bird on Aprl, 2003

State Flower

 Kopou Phul(Foxtail Orchid), Rhynchostylis retusa


 Found in Vietnam, malaysia, indonesia and India
 State flower of Arunachal also
 Integral part of Bihu
 Adopted 4th Aprl, 2003

State Tree

 Hollong(Dipterocarpus macrocarpus)
 Adopted 4th April, 2003

State Drink: Tea

State Aquatic Animal

 Sihu(Ganges River Dolphin)-Platanista Gangetica


 Nepal , India and Bangladesh
 Assam, U.P, M.P, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand and W.B
 Sihu-sound it produces
 Threatened species
 Adopted 5th April, 2008
 Aranyak Recorde 250 dolphins
 Brahmaputra, Kulsi(Kamrup), Subhanshiri(Lakhimpur)

State song

 O mur Aponar Desh


 Lakshminath Bezbaruah
 Published in Assamese magazine- Bahi
 Later published in Lakshinath’s poetry collection called Kadamkoli
 Adopted by Asom Chatro sammelan, held in Tezpur in 1927
 Adopted as state song- 15th Dec, 2013

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